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Almost 800 firefighters were trying to beat back the flames.

“I want to say this is an unprecedented cataclysm in our state“, Inslee said. “Previous year was bad with 250,000 acres”.

“It is working closely with the Oregon Department of Forestry and other agencies”.

The Case Western Reserve University community is deeply saddened by the death of 2010 graduate Andrew Zajac, one of three firefighters killed Wednesday as wildfires spread in Washington state.

Firefighters brace for more high winds in the forecast through Friday that threaten to stoke wildfires burning across Eastern Washington. The sun rises in smokey air over a burnt-out ridge along Twisp River Road in Twisp, Wash.

“It was a hellstorm up here”, the sheriff told KXLY-TV.

A wildfire that burned more than 100 square miles of forest in Northern California for about two weeks this summer was sparked by a malfunctioning water heater, state fire investigators said Wednesday. Flammable liquids were inside the building, causing the structure to catch on fire.

Residents responded to the evacuation order with mixed enthusiasm.

The U.S. Fire Service identified three firefighters who were killed when their vehicle overturned while battling a wildfire in Washington state. There were 10 fatalities past year and 15 in 2012.

A procession of three ambulances and other emergency vehicles travels toward Twisp, Wash., Thursday, August 20, 2015, along Twisp River Road, the day after three firefighters were killed nearby while fighting a wildfire.

The B.C. Wildfire Service says the fire is now 50 per cent contained, but less smoke and better mapping reveal flames have scorched 42-square kilometres of bush.

The complex is approximately 7,021 acres and 10 percent contained.

The firefighters were fighting the fire and were involved in a vehicle accident when it is believed that the fire overtook the vehicle.

Hundreds of people driven from their homes by a massive Northern California wildfire are anxious to check on their pets and possessions, but for now are stuck camping in cars and trailers, drinking coffee from Styrofoam cups and hoping their houses have not been reduced to ash.

Three firefighters have been killed and three to four more have been injured while battling raging wildfires, a sheriff in north-central Washington state says.